NERVOUS SYSTEM: MATCHING EXERCISE



The Nervous System

Matching Exercises Key

ANATOMICAL TERMS

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|1. corpus callosum |e. thick mass of nerve fibers connecting cerebral hemispheres |

| |b. central web-like membrane covering brain and spinal cord |

|2. arachnoid (mater) |c. control center located below the diencephalon |

| |d. nerves carrying involuntary impulses to muscles and glands |

|3. hypothalamus |a. brain and spinal cord |

|4. autonomic nervous system | |

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|5. central nervous system | |

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|1. dura mater |c. hard outer meninx |

|2. pons |d. bridge-like eminence on the brain stem |

|3. sulci |b. shallow grooves that separate the cerebral mounds |

| |a. delicate inner brain and spinal membrane |

|4. pia mater |e. interconnected cavities filled with cerebrospinal fluid |

|5. ventricles | |

Symptomatic and Diagnostic TERMS

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|1. dysphasia |d. difficulty in coherent speaking |

|2. dementia |a. deterioration of intellectual function, with memory loss |

| |etc. |

|3. hyperesthesia |e. increased sensitivity |

|4. dysphonia |c. hoarseness |

|5. hemiparesis |b. partial paralysis of left or right side of body |

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|1. astereognosis |d. inability to judge form of object by touch |

|2. cerebral arteriosclerosis |c. hardening of blood vessels of the brain |

|3. cerebral atherosclerosis |e. lipid build up within the blood vessels of the brain |

| |a. inability to locate source of sensation |

|4. atopognosis |b. damage to brain by thrombosis, embolism, or aneurysm |

|5. cerebrovascular accident | |

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|1. myasthenia gravis |b. progressive decrease in muscular strength |

|2. narcolepsy |d. sleep disorder with hypnagogic hallucinations |

| |c. grand mal seizure |

|3. tonic-clonic epilepsy |a. shingles |

|4. herpes zoster |e. inflammation of the brain |

|5. encephalitis | |

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|1. transient ischemic attack |b. brief loss of blood flow to the brain |

|2. delirium |d. mental confusion marked by incoherence |

|3. hydrocephalus |e. excess cerebrospinal fluid in the brain ventricles |

| |a. tumor of a supporting nerve cell |

|4. glioma |c. pain that follows the main line of the ischium |

|5. sciatica | |

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|1. Narcissism |d. self-love |

|2. Oedipism |e. sexual attraction to the parent of the opposite sex |

| |a. sudden irrational fright |

|3. panic |b. emotionally distraught condition |

|4. hysteria |c. chronic depression |

|5. dysthymia | |

Operative and Therapeutic TERMS

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|1. lobotomy |a. incision into a section |

|2. spondylosyndesis |d. spinal fusion |

|3. neuroplasty |b. nerve repair |

|4. analgesic |c. agent that eliminates pain |

|5. neurosis |e. anxiety disorder |

Review

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|1. neuron |c. structural and functional unit of the nervous system |

| |e. sensory nerves |

|2. afferent nerves |f. afferent branches of the soma |

|3. dendrites |g. efferent branch of the soma |

|4. axon |h. weak brain condition |

|5. encephalasthenia |i. dilation of a nerve |

|6. neurectasia |d. paralysis of all four limbs |

|7. tetraplegia |j. motor nerves |

|8. efferent nerves |b. terminals to release neurotransmitters |

|9. synapses |a. x-ray of the spinal cord |

|10.myelogram | |

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